Narayana Dasha is a sign-based timing system from the Jaimini tradition. Unlike Vimshottari, each period is ruled by a rasi rather than a planet, and the length of the full cycle varies from chart to chart.
Narayana Dasha is a genuinely independent second opinion on timing. Where it and Vimshottari agree, confidence in a prediction rises considerably.
A Jaimini rasi-based dasha system where each of the twelve signs rules for a number of years derived from the position of its lord.
Vimshottari periods are ruled by planets and always total 120 years; Narayana periods are ruled by signs and the total varies by chart.
The stronger of the ascendant and the seventh house, judged by the Jaimini sign-strength hierarchy.
The placement of Mars and Ketu, or Saturn and Rahu, decides. If both sit in the sign the period is twelve years; if one does, the count runs to the other; if neither, the stronger of the two signs they occupy decides.
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